THERE be Spinning Wheels!



Well -- last Thursday the new Ashford Traditional wheel arrived to grace our home and keep my little Majacraft Rose company. One does need more than one spinning wheel -- especially if there are students to teach spinning to!

There's hubby, helping to put together the "mother of all" (no I'm not swearing!). I put on 3 coats of Watco Danish oil on Saturday, got up at the CRACK of dawn Sunday and applied 1 coat of paste wax, and 1 coat of Howards feed and Wax. It looks LOVELY in its natural color.

Once together it was time to try it out. I had a sample of Pygora fiber from a friend in Oregon. This is a goat breed with VERY soft fleece. I pulled a tad out of the bag and let it lay on the floor while I fired up the 'ole treadle on the Ashford. Everything was going well, no rubs, no clangs, the peddling was easy. This is great. Then Sushi (remember her??) made an appearance, with stealth and agility, she grabbed a wad of pygora between her teeth, I started screaming at her to drop it, the dog went running for the front entry way (a favored -- "I must be in trouble, I'll hide here" spot), and Sushi went scooting up the stairs, prize in tow. I followed her, picking up pieces of pygora along the way. She was hiding under the bed, when I caught up to her and I unceremoniously retrieved MY fiber. I wonder??? Could the missing lens from my glasses be there as well -- hmm I'll have to check that out later. Sushi remained in hiding for the rest of the day, extremely offended and disappointed to be deprived of her prey.

Comments

Shelly said…
Mountain Man looks like he's done that a time or two! Where's the other cat during all this? Poor Sushi's the only one that has any fun!
March 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Unknown said…
Morgana is a MATURE lady of the house. She doesn't go in for all these shenanigans. I just wish she would exert a little more influence over Sushi and Molly.
:)
March 18, 2008 at 2:42 PM
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